Robert, Like I said before, I like Podtech and I think it's great that you're paying great people and spending (losing? is that what sponsorship is, now - a loss? ;) ) lots of money on the Vloggies.
Which is why I'm amazed that Podtech hasn't communicated better here, to play nice with the community. You say that it's pretty obvious that Lan is only presenting one side of the story. That's not obvious to me, or to any of the other people i've seen who've commented on this. You say that you have to keep quiet and take abuse when it comes to legal issues. That's not absolutely true. You can tell the community that you can't speak about it for legal reasons but that it's more complicated than it appears, if that's true. You can even say, "Hey, we're nice guys really - we didn't mean to use a picture without asking and we realise how bad that looks - but we're sorting it out privately with Lan." But you haven't done that. You've maintained silence, except for one email from John, directed just to Jay, which (as I wrote at the time) felt like it was saying "Lan's a liar. We did what we do. I will not discuss it in public. Mind your own business. " That's not keeping quiet and accepting abuse because you "have to". That's just a weird approach to damage limitation and PR. Rupert On 28 Jun 2007, at 16:07, Robert Scoble wrote: Lan, I saw the email that John sent to you. I thought it was fair - it's pretty obvious you're only presenting one side of the story to everyone. I wish I could be more transparent, but when it comes to legal issues I've learned that you've gotta be quiet and take whatever public abuse is going to come your way. But I haven't talked with John. His mom died and that complicated things cause he's been focused on family stuff this week. In our defense, we're paying tons of content providers all over the world and we lost a TON of money on Vloggies. We invested in the community and now are negotiating with you. Robert From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lan Bui Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2007 7:31 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [videoblogging] Re: Hey PodTech - What's up with Lan's image? I am trying to be patient. Maybe while I wait for them I can read Naked Conversations, the back cover alone has very interesting ideas on it. -Lan www.LanBui.com --- In [email protected] <mailto:videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com> , "Michael Verdi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Any word on this yet? > > I'd love to hear PodTech say, "yes, we made a mistake and are working > on fixing it" or "we didn't do anything wrong and here's why" or > something at all. They've been pretty quiet about the whole thing. > Which seems odd as I look up from what I'm typing and notice my copy > of Naked Conversations on the bookshelf not 12 inches away. > > - Verdi > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
